1998 03 - daily - mean of NCEP Daily Minimum Temperature at 2 m, degK. BasinID Name 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 0 Pan Arctic 269.2 269.0 268.7 268.2 268.0 268.1 268.0 268.0 268.2 268.6 268.4 267.9 267.7 267.8 268.2 268.1 267.3 266.5 266.8 266.7 266.3 266.4 266.3 267.1 266.6 265.8 265.6 265.8 265.6 265.6 266.1 34 Hudson Bay 279.2 278.9 279.1 279.4 279.4 279.5 279.7 279.7 280.8 281.4 281.0 280.8 280.7 280.4 280.6 280.5 280.5 279.8 279.4 278.9 279.2 279.8 280.1 280.2 280.9 280.8 280.3 280.4 280.3 280.1 280.2 36 Hudson Strait 277.7 278.6 279.0 277.9 276.5 275.9 276.3 277.4 276.7 279.9 279.5 279.3 280.9 280.0 279.0 280.8 281.3 280.1 278.9 278.2 277.9 276.4 275.9 277.8 279.2 279.7 279.3 278.9 278.5 278.4 278.1 98 Bering Strait 274.5 274.4 274.0 273.9 274.0 273.8 273.4 272.5 272.6 273.0 272.7 272.4 272.4 272.8 272.7 272.8 271.3 271.4 272.7 273.6 271.5 271.2 272.0 272.4 271.2 271.0 271.5 271.8 272.4 272.4 272.6 128 Arctic subocean 245.7 243.6 242.3 238.7 238.9 238.6 237.9 239.2 243.2 248.3 247.5 240.5 238.0 239.9 242.5 244.9 245.8 244.0 239.5 235.6 235.3 236.9 237.3 242.4 238.3 235.9 237.8 237.3 239.0 238.7 238.5 130 Chukchi Sea 273.7 273.6 273.5 272.7 273.2 273.1 271.5 271.7 271.7 271.5 270.1 269.4 269.4 270.6 269.3 268.8 268.3 268.9 271.1 268.8 266.9 269.8 270.8 268.2 265.2 265.3 265.2 268.1 270.4 271.4 271.5 132 Beaufort Sea 275.2 276.2 276.5 276.2 276.1 275.5 275.3 275.3 274.8 274.4 274.7 274.2 273.8 274.0 274.7 274.8 274.7 272.8 272.7 275.0 275.6 273.9 273.8 274.7 274.3 273.0 273.2 274.1 273.8 272.5 271.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.3 265.6 264.7 264.8 263.8 263.5 263.8 263.9 264.9 264.2 262.9 262.8 264.6 264.9 263.9 263.5 262.6 263.6 266.8 265.5 264.1 267.2 268.1 264.4 260.3 264.5 266.3 264.7 263.0 260.9 257.6 136 Foxe Basin 269.2 269.6 270.2 270.3 270.4 270.3 270.4 269.7 269.5 271.4 268.7 269.2 273.3 273.5 271.3 270.9 270.2 269.8 270.2 271.5 269.5 269.0 270.7 272.3 272.0 272.5 272.2 271.0 270.7 271.0 270.1 138 Baffin Bay 254.6 252.2 250.9 249.3 248.1 247.1 244.6 240.5 245.1 253.2 257.1 250.6 246.6 250.8 258.3 258.2 257.3 251.6 249.8 251.2 248.6 245.0 247.3 256.7 250.1 245.3 243.7 244.9 244.9 240.3 236.5 139 South Greenland 269.5 269.6 267.9 267.6 269.6 269.6 269.4 267.9 266.5 266.1 265.5 266.3 266.2 270.4 270.9 269.4 267.3 266.3 265.8 264.6 265.1 264.8 261.0 264.9 263.5 260.8 259.7 259.9 259.8 258.3 256.3 140 Greenland Sea 258.4 257.8 254.1 251.3 251.8 251.7 251.1 254.4 258.9 260.3 259.7 255.7 250.6 248.4 252.6 257.1 256.5 254.3 249.0 244.4 245.5 245.3 242.0 249.2 249.2 242.6 236.5 236.1 238.2 243.7 245.6 142 Norwegian Sea 272.3 272.3 272.6 273.2 272.8 272.5 272.6 272.2 271.5 271.2 271.7 271.3 270.8 271.1 271.9 271.2 270.9 270.4 269.5 269.7 270.8 271.0 270.8 270.0 269.5 269.9 270.0 269.6 269.5 269.4 269.5 144 Barents Sea 267.0 266.3 267.5 268.4 267.3 267.4 267.7 266.4 266.2 266.2 266.1 265.1 265.3 266.2 265.3 264.6 265.2 264.6 264.0 266.5 266.9 266.1 262.7 262.3 263.4 263.9 262.3 262.1 262.7 263.6 263.7 146 Kara Sea 269.2 269.0 269.4 268.7 268.7 268.1 268.1 268.6 268.1 268.9 269.1 269.2 269.7 269.3 268.8 267.6 266.1 266.9 268.4 267.2 267.5 267.0 267.6 268.5 268.4 268.0 267.8 267.2 266.9 266.8 267.3 148 Laptev Sea 262.0 261.6 259.7 258.4 258.2 260.6 260.9 261.9 262.3 260.8 258.7 258.3 258.0 257.1 257.8 258.2 257.6 256.2 256.2 257.1 255.3 256.1 256.3 256.6 257.2 255.7 256.0 256.9 255.5 255.9 260.1 150 East Siberian Sea 265.2 263.4 263.2 264.1 261.0 260.9 261.3 259.0 258.8 258.0 260.4 261.1 259.1 258.5 259.5 262.4 261.6 257.4 255.7 255.3 255.4 258.9 258.6 257.3 254.7 251.8 253.1 255.8 258.6 261.7 263.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.2 276.4 276.1 275.7 275.4 276.2 275.2 274.2 274.7 274.3 274.3 274.1 274.0 274.6 276.1 276.1 273.4 274.4 275.6 276.6 274.6 273.4 273.8 274.8 273.6 274.1 274.3 273.8 273.4 273.5 274.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.9 276.4 276.3 275.5 276.7 276.8 274.9 275.2 275.3 275.5 275.5 274.5 274.4 276.6 276.8 274.8 274.3 275.8 276.7 276.4 273.4 273.5 273.5 274.9 274.5 274.5 273.9 273.4 273.2 275.0 275.2